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Pokémon GO

It has been confirmed that during the Community Day on Saturday, if you evolve Grovyle into Sceptile during the three hour window, your Sceptile will know the charge move, Frenzy Plant. The Community Day runs at 3pm to 6pm in each local time zone

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Pokémon Sun & Moon - TCG Set Announced

The Detective Pikachu set has been officially announced for Japan. Coming on April 26th 2019, this set contains 24 cards, including the 18 cards from our version of the set and various promo cards including the Detective Pikachu promo, and the GX cards. In addition to this, it has been confirmed that there will be a Secret Rare card. At present it's not clear what the Secret Rare card is, or if it'll be included in our set. We'll provide more details as they com but click the image to go to the section on the English Detective Pikachu set

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Pokémon Detective Pikachu

With the announcement of the release date for Detective Pikachu in Japan, May 3rd 2019, two of the voice actors who are dubbing over the voices of the characters have been revealed. Previously, it was confirmed that Ryoma Takeuchi will voice Tim Goodman, portrayed by Justice Smith, it is now confirmed that Marie Iitoyo will voice Lucy Stevens, portrayed by Kathryn Newton. In addition to this, it's confirmed that Ken Watanabe, who plays Detective Yoshida in the movie, will also dub over his character in Japanese

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Pokémon GO

The new Pokémon GO event is now live. This event is the Equinox 2019 event and runs for a week until 20:00 UTC on March 26th 2019. This event features an increase of Grass-type Pokémon spawns, as well as specific research exclusive for the event and Grass-type Pokémon in Raid Battles. In addition to this, two new moves have been added to the game. Acid Spray has been added as a move for Arbok, Victreebel, Tentacruel, Muk, Alolan Muk, Quagsire, Qwilfish, Octillery and Swalot and Leaf Tornado has been added for Shiftry & Victreebel. Both moves lower opponents Defense in Trainer Battles. For full details on this event, check our event section which will be added to as more details come.
Edit @ 20:12: There are multiple reports of Shiny Solrock & Lunatone being live in Pokémon GO.
Edit @ 21:08: New Raid Bosses are now live for the event. We're collating them in the event page and on our Raid Battles Page

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Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Toho Cinemas have announced the opening date for the movie Detective Pikachu in Japan. The movie will open in Japan on May 3rd, one week before the current opening date in the US and Europe. We'll provide further details about the movie as they come

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Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Shiny Tapu Bulu Event

For those of you who participated in the recent 2019 International Challenge February Competition, the entry gift is now available to all qualifying players through this link after logging into the Global Link. This gift is a Shiny Tapu Bulu, the first time it has been available as Shiny which comes at Level 60 with the moves Nature's Madness, Zen Headbutt, Megahorn & Skull Bash and holds a Grassy Seed and can be redeemed until April 29th. Our Event Database has been updated with the details of this event

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Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Battle Competition

Details for the next Battle Competition have been announced. This is the Pokémon Japan Championships 2019 competition and is for Japan only. This is a Double Battle competition using standard 2019 VGC rules where players can use 2 Restricted Pokémon (Mewtwo, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde, Cosmog, Cosmoem, Solgaleo, Lunala & Necrozma) and is based on the Ultra Series where both Z-Crystals and Mega Evolutions are allowed. This competition offers a chance to qualify to the Japan Championships inside Japan. All Pokémon will be raised to Level 50 for the duration of the competition. Registration runs from April 4th - April 19th. Battles will run from April 19th - April 22nd.All entrants who play 3 or more matches will get a Shiny Tapu Fini which will be distributed some time in May
An International Challenge is expected for the rest of the world next month

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Pokémon GO

Dutch Comic Con is coming this weekend to Utrecht in the Netherlands on March 23rd/24th and to celebrate, a special event will be held around the arena. Like the MCM Birmingham event, during this event, Turtwig, Chimchar & Piplup will have increased spawns,there will be Double Stardust and Lure Modules will last for 4 Hours all within the viscinity of the arena

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Pokémon GO

Dreamhack Sweden is this weekend with the Dota Dream League and to celebrate, a special event will be held around the arena on Friday. Like other events, during this event, various Pokémon will have increased spawns,there will be Double Stardust and Lure Modules will last for 4 Hours all within the viscinity of the arena

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Pokémon GO

MCM Birmingham is coming this weekend to Birmingham, UK on March 23rd/24th and to celebrate, a special event will be held around the arena. During this event, Turtwig, Chimchar & Piplup will have increased spawns,there will be Double Stardust and Lure Modules will last for 4 Hours all within the viscinity of the Birmingham NEC arena

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Pokémon GO

This week, from today until March 22nd is the Game Developers Conference taking place in San Francisco California, with Niantic in attendance. To coincide with this, Unown letters G, D & C are spawning in greater numbers around the area. It's currently unclear for how long the Unown will spawn but it's presumed it'd be for the duration of GDC. There's also special Field Research to Catch 25 Pokémon for 3 Rare Candy. We have updated our Unown Event section to contain this event

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Pokémon GO

Following the reveal of the shift in EX Raid Boss last week, the first invites for EX Raids after the switch over are currently being sent out. These EX Raids are for March 27th and March 28th depending on your location and are the first ones to include Deoxys Defense Forme

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Pokémon Sun & Moon - TCG Set Announced

A new upcoming set has been announced for Japan. This set is called Remix Bout and is due for release in Japan on July 5th 2019. It contains over 64 cards and contains cards focusing on Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise. Further details are not currently known

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Pokémon Sun & Moon - Episode Pictures

As usual, we have done pictures from the episode that aired in Japan today. This episode features Ash & co. meeting a Magikarp that is an actor on TV and Mallow, Lillie & Lana get cast in a TV show. The AniméDex has been updated with the contents of this episode. Click the picture to go to the gallery but be warned however as they contain spoilers.

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Who's That Pokémon

Today marks one hundred & twenty-first entry into the Generation VII competitive field with an Alola Pokémon. These entries are created by the visitors for the visitors and then compiled by our writers Psynergy, Jellal, & Mcdanger. To get involved, Click here for the discussion forumToday, we are covering a Pokémon introduced in the seventh generation. It eats dust in the atmosphere. The composition of the dust determines the color of its core. If its core stays exposed, it will soon die off. It's possible that it may survive if it's put into a Poké Ball quickly enough. Places where Minior fall from the night sky are few and far between, with Alola being one of the precious few. It lives in the ozone layer, where it becomes food for stronger Pokémon. When it tries to run away, it falls to the ground. Although its outer shell is uncommonly durable, the shock of falling to the ground smashes the shell to smithereens. So, here it is, the one-hundred & twenty-first entry, Minior

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Pokémon GO

Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO event. This is the Equinox 2019 and features increased spawns of Grass-typ Pokémon, and Grass-types will also be prominent in Raids. There will also be unique Field Research for the event. Lunatone & Solrock will also switch hemispheres. Finally, Leaf Tornado is added to Victreebel, and Shifty while Acid Spray will be added to Arbok, Victreebel, Tentacruel, Muk, Alolan Muk, Quagsire, Qwilfish, Octillery and Swalot. It runs from March 19th at 20:00 UTC to March 26th at 20:00 UTC

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Pokémon GO

The Raid Weekend has begun. Until 20:00 UTC on Monday March 18th, Rayquaza will join Dialga in Level 5 Raid Battles across the world. This gives players their second chance to get Rayquaza since it was first introduced back in March of last year., No Shiny variant of Rayquaza will be available

In The Trading Card Game Department

Pokémon Sun & Moon - TCG Set Announced

The Pokémon Company have officially announced the next Pokémon Trading Card Game set in Japan and have started revealing cards for it. This set is called GG End and will release in Japan on April 5th 2019. As such, our card listing and the associated Cardex have been updated with the details of this set with translation help from Riyu

In The Pokémon Department

Pokémon Center Singapore

The first official permanent Pokémon Center outside of Japan since Pokémon Center New York closed down has finally had its opening day revealed. From April 17th 2019, the Pokémon Center Singapore will open at 78 Airport Boulevard, #04-201 & 202 in the Jewel Changi Airport. As previously reported, this Pokémon Center will sell many exclusive bits of merchandise and the usual merchandise exclusive to Pokémon Center stores.

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Pokémon - CoroCoro

Further details have been released for the upcoming distribution of Mewtwo when you prebook tickets of Mewtwo Strikes Back EVOLUTION in Japan. This Mewtwo is fully trained with max AVs in each stat with the moves Psychic, Shadow Ball, Barrier and Calm Mind. As said before, it comes at Level 70 and has the Quiet Nature. It can be obtained from April 12th through July 11th and then the code can be redeemed until September 30th. Our Event Database has been updated with full details of this event

In The Movies Department

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Legendary have announced that a special graphic novel adaptation of the movie Pokémon: Detective Pikachu is to release in Summer 2019. This graphic novel will adapt the plotline of the movie and is written by Brian Buccellato and the art is by Nelson Dániel. At present no further details have been revealed but we'll provide further details as they come

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In The Trading Card Game Department

Pokémon: Detective Pikachu

Over the past few days, The Pokémon Company have been revealing various Promo cards for Detective Pikachu. These cards are to be distributed at various stores across the world and today The Pokémon Company International has confirmed the distribution details for all the Promo cards. They are as follows

Location

Bulbasaur

Psyduck

Snubbull

USA

Walmart

Target

GameStop

Canada

Walmart

Toys“R”Us

EB Games

Australia

Mr Toys and Toy Mate

Big W

EB Games

Mexico

Liverpool

Game Planet

Mix up

Argentina

Compumundo

Musimundo

Mundo del Juguete

Chile

Paris

Microplay

Fallabella

Peru

Tottus

Phantom

Ripley

Colombia

Alkosto

Pepeganga

Panamericana

Uruguay

Disco

Fallabella

Multiahorro Hogar

Puerto Rico

Kmart

Walmart

Best Buy

Brazil

PB Kids

Ri-Happy

CiaToy

United Kingdom

Waterstones

GAME

Smyths

Ireland

Easons

GameStop

Smyths

France

Auchan

Maxi Toys

Toys“R”Us

Italy

Mondadori

GameStop

Toy Center / Media World

Germany

Toys“R”Us

GameStop

Spielemax

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Pokémon GO

Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO EX Raid Boss. From March 25th, Defense Forme Deoxys will replace Attack Forme Deoxys as the current EX Raid Boss. EX Raids can only be obtained by invite after beating raids at EX capable gyms

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Pokémon GO

Pokémon GO has now opened PokéStop Submissions for Level 40 players within the country of Indonesia. This follows on from being released in Vietnam and various other countries over the past few months. Further countries in the rollout have yet to be announced

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Pokémon Sword & Shield - CoroCoro

The first images from CoroCoro have leaked and have stated the basic information we know of Pokémon Sword & Shield including showcasing Grookey, Scorbunny and Sobble. However, with it, there was a note saying: "Wait for the follow-up from CoroCoro". At present it's not clear whether the follow-up will be in the next issue, due out on April 15th, or in future issues but be sure to keep checking for more information
We also have further details on the Mewtwo distribution for Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee! announced yesterday. This distribution will be at Level 70 and of the Quiet nature. Our Event Database has been updated with these events

In The Trading Card Game Department

Pokémon: Detective Pikachu

New Promotional Cards are being revealed to tie in with Detective Pikachu. The third of which is SM200, a Snubbull promo and will be available in a special in-store event much like the previously revealed Bulbasaur and Psyduck. At present that's not detailed but keep an eye on your local retailers. Our Cardex has been updated with full details of this card.

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Pokémon Duel

The Pokémon Duel update is now available. This update brings a variety of bug fixes. First, it has implemented the figure updates that were announced on Monday.
To celebrate 40 million downloads, some special bonuses are also happening. Until April 10th, you can get a 3 Day Duel Boost and a 3 Hour Enhanced Boost completely for free. There are also special Daily Log-In Bonuses to celebrate including Carmonite, Rare Metal and Coins. There is also a special Log-In bonus for logging in before April 9th of 400 AI Tickets, 100 Monthly Points and an Azumarill figure
Next, a plethora of new figures have been released
The UX figures are Ultra Necrozma, Mega Mawile, Mega Diancie, Sylveon
The EX figures are Mawile, Diancie
The R figures are Azumarill, Garbodor
The UC figures are Carbink, Trubbish
Our full Pokémon Duel Figure Database has been updated with these figures, including new functions that display the Z-Moves a Pokémon can use and those move's effects

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Pokémon International Championships

Registration for the upcoming International Championships in Berlin, Germany are now open. This event runs from April 26th through April 28th at the Berlin Estrel Congress Center with badge pickup being on April 25th at 5pm. Registration costs the following
Masters Competitors: €45
Juniors & Seniors Competitors: €30
Spectators: €10
All competitors who register and attend will receive a badge, lanyard, player pin, deck box, set of card sleeves, playmat, and hat, just like the recent International Competitions while spectators will receive 2 Pokémon Trading Card Game Booster Packs. Registration can be done at the official site

In The Pokémon Department

Pokémon - POP! Vinyl

Funko has announced the next of its line of POP! Vinyl figures. The next Pokémon related figure is Charmander and is due for release in North America in May. At present no further details have been announced

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Pokémon the Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back EVOLUTION Distribution

First details from CoroCoro have started to leak and have detailed the pre-booking distribution for the movie Mewtwo Strikes Back EVOLUTION in Japan. As with all past years, when you prebook a ticket, starting April 12th, you will receive a Serial Code to obtain a Pokémon. With this movie, you will receive a serial code to download Mewtwo to Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! & Let's Go, Eevee! and will have CP of 10,000. We expect pictures and further details as soon as possible so keep checking back. Our Event Database has been updated with the details of this event

In The Trading Card Game Department

Detective Pikachu

New Promotional Cards are being revealed to tie in with Detective Pikachu. The first of which is SM199, a Psyduck promo and will be available in a special in-store event. At present that's not detailed but keep an eye on your local retailers. Our Cardex has been updated with full details of this card.

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Pokémon Global Link - Error Announcement

Today, the results for the 2019 International Challenge February and the subsequent announcement of the distribution of the Tapu Bulu gift were scheduled to be released. However, The Pokémon Company have put out a note saying that rankings have been delayed. This is due to a large fault that has hit the Pokémon Global Link. This fault is having the following effects:
Rating Battles - The Trainer & Pokémon Ranking will not update
Competitions - Rankings won't show up on competitions that ended after March 10th
My Page - Match history & records will not update
Top Page - All new data is not able to be updated
At present, a time frame hasn't been given on when these errors will resolve themselves but the developers are hard at work to resolve this problem

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Detective Pikachu

New Promotional Cards are being revealed to tie in with Detective Pikachu. The first of which is SM198, a Bulbasaur promo and will be available in a special in-store event. At present that's not detailed but keep an eye on your local retailers. Our Cardex has been updated with full details of this card.

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Pokémon Duel - Z-Powered Update

On Wednesday March 13th, a new version of Pokémon Duel is being uploaded following a maintenance cycle that ends at 10:00 UTC. This update is Version 7.0.4 and is is set to provide various fixes and help celebrate 40 million downloads of the game. In it, some figures are set to be updatedMega Salamence
Increases damage of Hyper Beam from 110 to 140
Decreased size of missMagearna
Increases damage of Dazzling Gleam from 88 to 99
Increases damage of Fleur Cannon from 120 to 140Primarina
Increases damage of Sparkling Aria from 119 to 130
Increases size of Sing
Decreases size of MissBrionne
Altered Brionne's ability to increase its movement when evolved from PopplioDragonite
Increases damage of Dragon Tail from 120 to 140
Increases damage of Extreme Speed from 80 to 100Dragonair
Changed Shed Skin ability to allow for evolution to Dragonite when activatedWigglytuff
Increases damage of Pound from 50 to 100Jigglypuff
Increases damage of Hyper Voice from 70 to 140
Increases damage of Double Slap from 40 to 60Igglybuff
Increases size of Sing
Decreases size of MissMr. Mime
Removes Psychic and replaces with Dazzling GleamMarill
Gives the Huge Power ability that increases damage by 50 as long as it lacks a Special Condition

In The Pokémon Department

Funko Pokémon

Following their reveal last month, the latest in the Funko A Day With Pikachu line has been revealed. This figure is Rainy Day Pokémon and will be released later this month exclusively on the official Pokémon Center Website

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Pokémon Sun & Moon - Episode Pictures

As usual, we have done pictures from the episode that aired in Japan today. This episode features Rowlet help find Meltan's nut after it goes missing. The AniméDex has been updated with the contents of this episode. Click the picture to go to the gallery but be warned however as they contain spoilers.

In The Anime Department

Pokémon Sun & Moon - Character Biography

With the episode that has aired in Japan today, we have been able to update Ash's biography with a Pokémon that he caught in today's episode. Be warned as it contains spoilers.

In The Pokémon of the Week Department

Who's That Pokémon

Today marks one hundred & twentieth entry into the Generation VII competitive field with a Kalos Pokémon. These entries are created by the visitors for the visitors and then compiled by our writers Psynergy, Jellal, & Mcdanger. To get involved, Click here for the discussion forumToday, we are covering a Pokémon introduced in the sixth generation. When in danger, it raises its ears and releases enough psychic power to grind a 10-ton truck into dust. The eyeball patterns on the interior of its ears emit psychic energy. It keeps the patterns tightly covered because that power is too immense. So, here it is, the one-hundred & twentieth entry, Meowstic

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Pokémon Sword & Shield

Nintendo America just put out a minor bit of new Pokémon Sword & Shield information. With this information, they have confirmed once and for all that the Stadium-like building scattered across the Galar Region are Gyms. This had been theorised but has now finally been confirmed. With this, a new element was introduced. Rather than Gym Leaders, the Gyms in Galar have got Gym Masters. At present it's unclear what the difference between the two are but we'll post as soon as we have more
Edit @ 20:30: Nintendo America have since deleted the tweet detailing this. We'll bring more on it as it comes.

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Pokémon GO

A new update has started to rollout for Pokémon GO. This update brings the game up to Version 1.105.1 and brings a few fixes. It stops Smeargle from being able to learn TMs, adds 12 more Spinda forms to its Pokédex page including the recent Heart Spinda and a few other bug fixes. It's currently rolling out on Android and is expected to have a full rollout on Android and iOS over the next few days

In The TCG Department

Pokémon Sun & Moon - TCG Set Release

Next week, a special box called the Family Pokémon Card Game set is coming out in Japan. This set is a box of three mini-decks made up of 51 different cards with all the Pokémon cards being brand new. These cards are fairly basic and include few complex mechanics and serve as a way to introduce new people to the game. As such, our card listing and the associated Cardex have been updated with the details of this set

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Pokkén Tournament DX

The next special Group Match has been begun on Pokkén Tournament DX. From March 8th through March 10th, you can participate in the "Destructive Cannon" Group Match. This cup is a Basic Battle competition, once again on a Fixed Battle Arena. Participating in this brings a special title reward based on Blastoise, and if you place highly you'll get other titles based on your placement. If you already received the title from the last time it ran, you will not receive it again

In The Games Department

Pokkén Tournament DX

The next special Group Match has been announced on Pokkén Tournament DX. From March 22nd through March 24th, you can participate in the "Searing Blaze" Group Match. This cup is a Team Battle competition, once again on a Fixed Battle Arena. Participating in this brings a special title reward based on Charizard, and if you place highly you'll get other titles based on your placement. If you already received the title from the last time it ran, you will not receive it again

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Pokémon GO

Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO event. The Legendary Lunch Hour event has been announced. On March 13th from 12pm to 1pm local time there will be increased raids with Level 5 eggs spawning for the entire hour. This event is set to run every week to give more people a chance to do Raids

In The Trading Card Game Department

Unbroken Bonds

The Pokémon Company International have officially announced the next Pokémon TCG set. This set is called Unbroken Bonds and is to feature a set of 214 cards as standard, with more secret rares. This set features 7 Tag Team GX, 7 additional Pokémon GX and more than 25 trainer cards and a special energy card. It is due for release on May 3rd and is made up of the Double Blaze, Full Metal Wall and Night Unison Japanese sets. We have started compiling our set list with all officially revealed cards so click the image to go to the section.
Edit @ 10:15: All 7 Tag Team GX have been officially revealed and added to our Unbroken Bonds section

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Detective Pikachu

Some new cards have been revealed for the upcoming Detective Pikachu Trading Card Game set. This set comes out in special products released in Europe on March 29th and North America on April 6th. There are 18 cards in the set but between the set and promo cards there will be 27 different Detective Pikachu tie-in cards
Edit @ 14:40: We have updated our Card Database with a full Set List and updated the Card Dex with all card entries

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Pokémon GO

A new Raid Weekend has been announced. From March 15th 20:00 UTC through 18th 20:00 UTC, Rayquaza will be available in Raid Battles. The Japanese notice for this Raid Weekend states that Shiny Rayquaza will NOT appear during the Raid Weekend

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Pokémon GO

A new event has begun in Berlin, Germany for Pokémon GO. From today until March 10th, there are increased spawns of Teddiursa & Ursaring. With this, there is also 2* Stardust for all elements in the area as well as Lure Modules lasting for 4 hours. This is to coincide with ITB Berlin event

In The Games Department

Pokémon Duel - Tournament

The next in-game tournament has been announced for Pokémon Duel. This tournament has players enter with the Top 32 players being sent to the finals. The winner of the tournament will get a gold version of the figure of their choice while all other players may be able to receive a silver version of the same figure through timed boosters. Registration runs until 02:59 UTC on March 8th while the perliminary tournament runs from 03:00 UTC March 8th to 02:59 UTC on March 10th. The finals then run from 08:00 UTC to 12:20 UTC on March 11th. Only players with a ranking of 2100 or higher can participate in the tournament

In The Anime Department

Pokémon Sun & Moon - Episode Title

A Japanese TV Guide has revealed new episode titles for upcoming episodes of the anime. These episodes are due to air on March 17th, 24th, 31st and April 7th respectively. The first episode has Ash & co. encounter a child actor Magikarp but something starts happening to it. The second episode features the Ultra Beast Pheromosa appear and start attacking trainers with Z-Crystals, but Meowth spots it and falls in love with the Pokémon. The third features the first appearance of the Team Skull leader, Guzma who comes marching to the Pokémon School after Kukui announces the formation of the Alola Pokémon League. The fourth episode features Lillie & Gladion looking into the whereabouts of their father, Mohn causing Lusamine to show them his old room...
Episode 1056: A New Show?! The Tiny Melody of Magikarp
Episode 1057: Beauty and the Meowth!
Episode 1058: Guzma, Emperor of Destruction
Episode 1059: Lillie and the Secret Ingenuity Princess

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In The Games Department

Pokémon GO

Niantic have announced the next Pokémon GO event. This is the Battle Showdown event and runs from 21:00 UTC to March 12th 2019 at 21:00 UTC. In this event, Fighting-type Pokémon will have increased spawns while Shiny Mankey and Machop are to be available. With this, there's 2* experience for Gym Badges, 2* Catch, Battle & Raid Stardust and 5 rewards a day from Trainer Battles. In addition to this, the new move Power Up Punch has been added to Poliwrath, Hitmonchan, Kangaskhan, Medicham, and Lucario.

In The Games Department

Pokémon GO

The next Pokémon GO Safari Zone has had registration open. From today until March 7th, you can register your interest for tickets at the official site and tickets will be sent out by March 11th. Tickets only run for a day and are required to see the special event spawns

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In The Movies Department

Pokémon the Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back EVOLUTION

During today's episode of Pokémon Sun & Moon in Japan, a segment aired about the upcoming movie, Mewtwo Strikes Back EVOLUTION. Within this segment, it showcsed an image showing off the special 3D models for the movie of Vulpix, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Togepi and Psyduck. This is the first high quality look at these Pokémon aisde from Pikachu in the movie

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In The Anime Department

Pokémon Sun & Moon - Episode Pictures

As usual, we have done pictures from the episode that aired in Japan today. This episode features Ash & co. find a group of Meltan who are causing trouble in Alola. The AniméDex has been updated with the contents of this episode. Click the picture to go to the gallery but be warned however as they contain spoilers.

In The Pokémon of the Week Department

Who's That Pokémon

Today marks one hundred & ninteenth entry into the Generation VII competitive field with a Kanto Pokémon. These entries are created by the visitors for the visitors and then compiled by our writers Psynergy, Jellal, & Mcdanger. To get involved, Click here for the discussion forumToday, we are covering a Pokémon introduced in the first generation. This Pokémon flies at Mach 2 speed, seeking prey. Its large talons are feared as wicked weapons. This Pokémon has a dazzling plumage of beautifully glossy feathers. Many Trainers are captivated by the striking beauty of the feathers on its head, compelling them to choose Pidgeot as their Pokémon. So, here it is, the one-hundred & ninteenth entry, Pidgeot